Redleg

I think Luci may be right, that first pick second night of the draft is often quite valuable. We might be able to trade it with a likely low ladder team, for F1 2026 in stronger draft.

The fact that Judd deal is being done now, puts any LJ hope to bed.

For all those blasting TL, we offered 3 first round picks for Bombers 5 in 2022, to get Humphrey before Suns, who had 6 and then took him with that pick. Clearly TL and JT had identified How good Humphrey would be. Bombers kept 5 and took Tsatas. How is that refusal looking now? Weddle, Phillipou, Michalanny, Jye Clark, Hewett, MacKenzie, Ginbey, Darcy Jones and other good players were taken later. Bombers could have got a couple or more by pick trading.

The Cats clearly don’t have a no DH policy.

Well it is, as if they gave us 12 they would have 33 and now they get Judd and have 19. They will see that as a big win.

As opposed to a retained one.

They didn’t, he was never saying he was leaving until the day he left. Had the club changing the contract multiple times. Now you can understand why they are so upset. Pretty ordinary behaviour from Judd and his Manager.

Where is the media condemnation of the Giants for this behaviour? Disgraceful playing with a guy’s life, who is trying to support a family. I wonder why we have gone off him.

Is that defamatory? Could have worded the same thing differently.

I think Roos will come late, ask us to pay a bit and we get a nothing pick.

Expected suitors not coming forward.

You mean the one after don’t you?

Of course. That is the deal or no deal. We are not taking 38. We can do a deal with WC then, to send him to the PSD, by say clearing Woey to them for a pick,

That is the post that spells it out succinctly. He or his Manager need to tell GC that he wants to go home and that if they don’t allow it, they will have an unhappy player, who can’t perform at his best, who will use FA at the first opportunity and swears that he will never extend his contract ever. If he says that to GC they have to consider his position seriously.

Burned.

Pickett get a grip. They know he can play. There is a reason they are moving him on and it’s not money. You must know that. Our desires to keep Clarry are commendable, but we don’t live inside the bubble. This has been coming for a few years. We need to change or have the same result again and then suffer more pain.

One 4th place in a B & F compared to Tracc’s achievements is nothing.

It starts monday.

Saints gave offered 7 for Flanders. Giants have 12. We will pay some of Clarry’s salary. We will absolutely get 12 for a player who is miles better than Flanders and will end up on a cheaper salary. 4 B & F, AA, Premiership player. What has Flanders done, nothing? 32 what an absolute joke.

Entirely logical. He comes out and says he wants to go home for family reasons and play for the Dees and we are in play.

Then we have a problem.

There has to be a handful of non NGA or F/S players that will be good players at a bare minimum. We will take one selection at the least. I would be shocked if 40-50 players aren’t selected in the ND.

Humphrey is not Tracc, not close to him.

You don’t want the 7 they get for Flanders that’s already apparently been offered. 6 and 7 sounds better if you can’t get Humphrey or another very good player as part of the deal. We have to remember that Tracc is the highest credentialed player mentioned in trades this year. This isn’t us throwing him out, it is him wanting to leave. With Ablett Jnr he will be their biggest player trade and they need to get it done Hopefully Humphrey says yes to us and we will get a good deal. Him and an early pick 6 or 7 gets us another good young draftee. We must get acceptable value.

Not that I wanted him, but now that he is a Dee, I am looking for the positives. One positive you didn’t mention, is his ACCIDENTAL clumsiness, that sees him falling on players, or bumping them in contests and ACCIDENTALLY hurting them. It is reminiscent of the CLUMSY Dustin Fletcher and for the older folk on here Michael Tuck. Arms, elbows and knees going everywhere.